Ornithinicoccus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Ornithinicoccus

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Ornithinicoccus Groth et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ornithinicoccus hortensis Groth et al. 1999.
Etymology: N.L. n. ornithinum, ornithine (an amino acid named after the Gr. n. ornithos, bird); N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Ornithinicoccus, a coccus with ornithine.
Reference: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), MARTIN (K.), SCHUETZE (B.), AUGSTEN (K.), KRAMER (I.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Ornithinicoccus hortensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinomycete which contains L-ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1717-1724.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Ornithinicoccus hortensis Groth et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HKI 0125 = ATCC BAA-9 = CCUG 43142 = CIP 106364 = DSM 12335 = IFO (now NBRC) 16434 = JCM 11538.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y17869.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. hortensis, of or belonging to a garden, the place where the organism was isolated.
Reference: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), MARTIN (K.), SCHUETZE (B.), AUGSTEN (K.), KRAMER (I.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Ornithinicoccus hortensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinomycete which contains L-ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1717-1724.
Original article in IJSEM Online